Centenary (LA) at Texas A&M

Saturday, September 30, 1939

Texas A&M beat Centenary (LA) 14–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; Centenary (LA) leads the series 6–⁠3.

AwayCentenary (LA)2–⁠9–⁠1 in 1939
0
HomeTexas A&M11–⁠0 in 1939
14

FinalHigh 80°F, low 55°F, 0.12 in. of rainAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, October 1, 1939, page 66 (results column)

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    Iowa overpowered South Dakota, 40. Missouri uncorked unsuspected scoring strength in routing Colorado, 800, but Oklahoma, champion of the Big Six last year and unbeaten during its regular season, was held to a TT draw by Southern Method list. Texas gave the Southwest Conference one intersectional victory, punching over two touchdowns to whip Florida. 1910. Texas A. and M. was responsible for another, a 14–⁠0 triumph ever Centenary, the Louisianians’ third successive defeat. Baylor ran over Southwestern, $40. Sharing interest in the South with Tulane’s close call and North Cardinals one-sided vic tory was a fine performance by Allyn McKeen’s Mississippi State array which stopped Arkansas vaunted aerial show cold and romped OF with q 1870 decision. Alabama was slow starting, but finally mopped up Howard, 21–⁠0; Kentucky was impressive in q, 21–⁠0 conquest Of Virginia. Mill tary and Georgia revealed considerable power In Q 26–⁠0 victory over the Citadel,

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Texas A&M 75% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Centenary (LA) leads 6–⁠3 in nine meetings.

Recent meetings
1939Texas A&M 14, Centenary (LA) 0
1936Centenary (LA) 3, Texas A&M 0
1935Centenary (LA) 7, Texas A&M 6
1934Centenary (LA) 13, Texas A&M 0
1933Centenary (LA) 20, Texas A&M 0
1932Centenary (LA) 7, Texas A&M 0

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